HRL laboratories, LLC, proposes a 12 month effort to develop an ultra-lightweight core material that has half or less the density of state-of-the-art honeycomb cores, while exceeding their…

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Contract number
NNC15CA16C
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$540,810

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 100% obligated
$540,810.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 100% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 11 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of performance
Malibu, CA, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Funding Only Action 4 $295,810
Funding Only Action 3 $70,000
Funding Only Action 2 $45,000
Funding Only Action 1 $30,000
Original award $100,000

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This federal contract award to HRL Laboratories, LLC, a corporate research and development laboratory, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Glenn Research Center. The 12-month, $540,810 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of an ultra-lightweight core material with superior mechanical properties compared to state-of-the-art honeycomb cores. HRL Laboratories will leverage its expertise in manufacturing ultra-light micro-truss materials and designing optimized cellular architectures to achieve a 40% mass reduction for future aerospace vehicle sandwich structures. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, reflecting HRL Laboratories' status as a large business. HRL Laboratories has a history of supporting federal agencies through both contract and grant awards, including notable projects for the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of Energy.

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HRL laboratories, LLC, proposes a 12 month effort to develop an ultra-lightweight core material that has half or less the density of state-of-the-art honeycomb cores, while exceeding their mechanical properties. By combining our team's unique capability to manufacture ultralight micro-truss materials with our ability to design and optimize cellular architectures, we will achieve groundbreaking 40% mass reduction for sandwich structures for future aerospace vehicles. Our approach combines mechanically efficient, architected micro-truss templates with high-strength, nanocrystalline metal coatings. Both manufacturing steps involved, HRL's polymer micro-truss fabrication and electroplating of nanocrystalline coatings, are inherently scalable and cost-effective, ensuring that scale-up to large structures can be achieved, while meeting NASA's challenging cost target. We have already fabricated 12X12X0.5 ultralight micro-truss cores with a density of 2 LB/FT3 and superior properties to SOA honeycomb as well as curved micro-truss sandwich panels for ongoing development efforts. Under the proposed effort, we will mature and scale-up nanocrystalline metallic micro-truss cores for the next-generation of NASA's ultra-lightweight sandwich panels.

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Who was awarded contract NNC15CA16C?

NNC15CA16C was awarded to HRL Laboratories, LLC by Glenn Research Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on September 15, 2015.

How much is contract NNC15CA16C worth?

The government has obligated $540,810 on NNC15CA16C.

Was contract NNC15CA16C competed?

The extent of competition for NNC15CA16C was full and open competition. The government received 11 offers.

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